362 DISCOVERY OF THE CAPE. 



From the maps we gather that, on leaving Angra Pequena 

 Bay, he passed, in succession, the Oolfo de Sao Estevao (EHza- 

 beth Bay), Dec. 26, 1487; named the country to the south Terra 

 de Silvestre, Dec. 31 ; losing sight of the coast at Sierra dos Reis 

 (Piquetberg) on Jan. 6, 1488. Then followed his long stretch 

 to the south, and then to the north-east, in the course of which he 

 doubled the Cape without knowing it. He made his landfall 

 at Mossel Bay, and gave to the cape at the entrance of the bay 

 the name which it still bears, Cabo de Sao Braz (Cape of 

 S. Blaise), Feb. 3. John of Empoli, a supercargo in d'Alber- 

 querque's fleet, gives us the definite information that the cape 

 was so named because it was discovered on S. Blaise's Day, so 

 fixing the date, Feb. 3, 1488, as that of the discovery of our 

 land. 



Two other dates of importance may be mentioned. The last 

 padrao was dedicated to S. Gregory, and may have been erected 

 on his day, March 12, which fits in well with the known dates of 

 the voyage ; while the padrao of S. Philip, said to have been 

 erected on Cape Point, may date the discovery of the Cape itself. 

 May I, 1488. It must, however, be noted that it is by no means 

 certain that these were erected on the day of the saint which 

 they commemorate. Certainly, in the case of Diogo Cao's 

 voyage, the padroes were dedicated in Portugal before the 

 expedition sailed. 



5. The identification of Penedo das Fontes. 



There is a certain rock or islet called Penedo das Fontes, 

 which is mentioned in connection with the voyage of Dias, and 

 which presents a difficult problem in identification. 



On the one hand, Pecheco, supported by de Barros, places 

 it in Algoa Bay, and identifies it with S. Croix. On the other 

 hand, the map of Martelus has an Ilha de Fonte east of the 

 padrao of S. Gregory, and so, apparently, has Cantino's chart ; 

 but the name in the latter is partly obliterated and so uncertain, 

 Penedo das. . . . 



Perestrello supports the view of the maps : — " Eight leagues 

 before reaching the River Infante some low openings are seen 

 on the coast, and three leagues further on are some rocky banks, 

 near which is the rock that is called das Fontes, which is a rock 

 with a cleft in the middle, apd it looks like an islet, but is not 

 one." It must be remembered that, according to Perestrello, 

 the Great' Fish River is the Rio do Infante. The low openings 

 referred to are the mouths of the Bushman and Kareiga Rivers, 

 and the rock in question has been identified by Ravenstein with 

 Ship Rock, which is at about the right distance from the Bushman 

 River. Professor Schwarz, however, places it at Fountain 

 Rock, off the Kowie ; but, to my mind, this theory locates the 

 rock too far to the east. 



